News from October 2.
The Basketball Hall of Fame inducted the class of 1998 into the Hall. The
inductees were:
Larry Bird played with the Boston Celtics 79-80 - 91-92
Jody Conradt University of Texas' women's basketball coach, won
700 games
Alex Hannum 12 years coaching in the NBA and 4 in the ABA, won
titles with the 1958 St. Louis Hawks, 1967
Philadelphia 76ers, and 1969 ABA Oakland Oaks
Marques Haynes played 40 years with the Harlem Globetrotters and
the Magicians
Aleksandar Nikolic 101-39 record as coach of the Yugoslavian National
Team and record of 357-200 at the club level in
Europe
Arnie Risen played 13 seasons in the 40s and 50s with the NBL
and the NBA
Lenny Wilkens 1,120 career NBA coaching wins - most in NBA history
It was the second induction to the Hall for Wilkens, who had been inducted
as a player in 1989.
Former NBA ref Joey Crawford was sentenced to 6 months of house arrest and
3 years of probation for income tax evasion. Crawford was one of eight
refs charged with downgrading 1st class airline tickets and not reporting
the extra income on his taxes. He had been an NBA ref for 21 seasons.